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Hey y'all, Ive been playing around with lighting and figured I'd see how the community tends to do it! I have a 48'' LED light on my 4ft 75 gallon African cichlid tank with a black background and black substrate, but I've been wondering if a nice 30''-36'' (say the Fluval planted 3.0) might...

I didnt even think about cardboard good call! Ty much!

That makes sense. I actually have some lying around too. Thanks a ton!

Ahhh I will look those up! Thank ya!

Hey everyone! I'm building a stand out of 2x4s for my 75 gallon and I ran into a small issue. I did a test fit and in one corner and one corner only, the tank doesn't fully touch down onto my stand. the gap tapers off and the stand is fully resting everywhere else. The sizing of the boards or...

Can't thank ya'll enough for all the input! Seems like I stumbled across an awesome community! I'll definitely post a pic or two over in the Photos & Videos subforum once its set up and cycled. :thanks:

We asked the same question. The house was built this way. It baffles me that It's legal honestly. Were talking about getting the entire garage dry-walled soon.

Ive thought about that. There's a sink in the garage already so that may have to happen for sure. For now I'm stuck with buckets lol

Thanks for the input! I think Itll be fine as well. Since its an easy install, I'm going to put a jack post underneath in the garage just to give me piece of mind

Oh I see what you mean. The theyre also 2 x9s or 2 x10s. I pointed an arrow at the center collum in the pic but the other white lines on top are also the 2x9s

Apologies for the late reply. Back at work the past few days and its killed me lol. Well as far as what's on top of the joists for flooring? I checked and its plywood so Ill definitely be putting a large/thick/tough sheet of something under it. Ive done a tone of research at this point and it...

Yea im probly gonna grab a little 40 gallon breeder tank for now lol. Id still like to know what my options are though of course. I attached a picture. so the white lines are 2'' x 10''s and the blue lines are indeed 2x4s.

Im considering playing it safe and starting with a 40 breeder or maybe a 55 until I move lol. I've read that up to a 55 you shouldn't have to worry about being on an upper floor.

Correction. The two boards that make up the center beam appear to be two 2 x 9'' beams (not totally exact on those measurements as I held a measuring stick up to the ceiling lol). They are not 2 x 4s. The distance from the center beam to each wall is 9 and 1/2 feet. edit: also yes they had the...

Thank you much!!! It was built as a live room I do know that. The couple that built the house had the room built as a entertainment room/home theater. There is one more joist tucked in there resting directly over that exterior wall. The quad beam runs the full length of the room at 20 feet...

First off nice to meet you guys and thank you in advance for reading! Second: I take all advice as just that and understand that its my responsibility if I don't do diligent research and cause damage. (HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 2000) This is an age old question but I have a picture of my specific...